The Next Short Course from ULLI

Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute is pleased to present our next short course:

Whittling on the Land:

Historical Perspectives on Local and Regional Folk Art

Presenter: Jan Laude

Dates & Time: Tuesday’s 10:00-11:15, October 7, 14, 28, and 9:00-11:30 October 21. Note that these are new dates for the course originally scheduled for spring.

Location: Pleasant Hill Community Church, Room 1.

Note: Class size limited to 10. Registration is first come, first served.

Content: Week 1 explores these questions: What is Folklore? and What is Folk Art? Week 2

examines local folk art wooden doll traditions with examples from the Pioneer Museum and

corresponding regional traditions from the novel The Dollmaker by Harriette Simpson Arnow

(1954). In week 3 the movie “The Dollmaker” will be shown. The final week will be a discussion

of insights gained about the Folk Art wooden doll traditions in the local and regional area.

Note: Reading The Dollmaker, is not required, however, it would add to your understanding

and enjoyment of the course.

Presenter: Jan Laude has a PhD from Indiana University with majors in Folklore and American Studies and a minor in Women’s Studies and an MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University. Jan also has a BS from Carnegie Mellon University. Jan is looking forward to sharing her knowledge of, passion for, and delight in Folklore.

To Register: Send your request to register with your check payable to ULLI and your email

address to ULLI Registrar PO Box 621 Pleasant Hill TN 38578. You may also email

ullipleasanthill@gmail.com requesting registration. You will receive confirmation by email.

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Course charge: $10 for ULLI members; $20 for non-members. Become a member:

$50 annually with checks mailed to ULLI Registrar PO Box 621 Pleasant Hill TN 38578.

The Next Program from ULLI

 Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute is pleased to share:

Carbon Sequestration

Presenter: Jason De Koff, PhD

Friday, September 26. 

Potluck at 5:30 pm, Program at 6:15 pm.

Adshead Hall, Fletcher Assisted Living, Pleasant Hill

Carbon sequestration is the process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it, whether in biological geologic pools. It is one means being pursued to responding to global climate change.

Presenter Jason De Koff has been on the faculty of Tennessee State University since 2010. He has a PhD in Agronomy from Purdue University and an MS in Soil and Water Sciences from the University of California at Riverside. He is currently working on developing an Extension and research program based around bioenergy crop production with specific interests in improving switchgrass yields and quality. 

This will be an ULLI Potluck, so remember to bring your own tableware and utensils. Of course, you are welcome to forego the potluck and come for the presentation.

Become a member of Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute: Your membership is vital to supporting and continuing these varied and interesting programs. $50 annually with checks mailed to ULLI P O Box 621, Pleasant Hill 38578.  As always donations to ULLI are greatly appreciated. 

Consider Volunteering with ULLI. Our events require some help with set up and take down. If you would be willing to volunteer, contact ULLI at ullipleasanthill@gmail.com.

D-Day Remembrance with ULLI

 

Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute is pleased to share:

D-Day: Fifty Years Later"

Keith Brown

Adjunct Professor, Department of History, Tennessee Tech University; and

Teacher, White County High School

7:00 pm, Thursday, June 26

Pleasant Hill Community House

48 Church Drive, Pleasant Hill, TN

Class presenter, Keith Brown, was selected to be a member of the University of Tennessee’s Normandy Scholars Program in the Spring and Summer of 1994.  As part of the program, he spent a month residing in Caen, France and conducted primary research on the Einsatzgruppen units of the Nazi Party’s Waffen SS Division.  While in France, he met Holocaust survivors, pilots from the 8^th Air Force, Free French fighters, former members of the Waffen SS, and a veteran of The American 2nd Rangers Battalion.  Mr. Brown also saw firsthand how France commemorated the 50^th Anniversary of both D – Day and the Normandy Campaign.

Become a member of Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute: Your membership is vital to supporting and continuing these varied and interesting programs. $50 annually with checks mailed to ULLI P O Box 621, Pleasant Hill 38578.  As always donations to ULLI are greatly appreciated. 

Consider Volunteering with ULLI. Our events require some help with set up and take down. If you would be willing to volunteer, contact ULLI at ullipleasanthill@gmail.com.

Another Video Series from ULLI

 

Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute is pleased to offer another video series:

“Dopesick”

The Video Series

Presenter: Sabina Coronado and ULLI

Dates &Time: Tuesdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 from  3:00 -5:00 pm.

Location: The Art Space, Heritage Hall, in Uplands VIllage

This video series shines a light on the motivations and creation of the opioid epidemic. A docudrama based in a small Virginia coal mining town, a well meaning doctor starts to prescribe the “miracle” drug, OxyContin, after a hard sell by a pharmaceutical representative, driven by goals and disinformation cloaked in medical jargon. The roles of the Sackler family dynamics and the profits made from pushing OxyContin, are examined, as well as the fast and strong addiction to the drug. Michael Keaton and Sissy Spacek are among a strong cast that brings the pervasive tragedy to life, and deliver a warning to the audience.

The opioid epidemic and addiction among seniors are ongoing issues, especially in Tennessee. This docudrama will allow opportunities to reflect on these important regional and national concerns.

Registration is requested:  You may email ullipleasanthill@gmail.com requesting registration. You may also send your request to register to ULLI and your email address to ULLI Registrar PO Box 621 Pleasant Hill TN 38578. You will receive confirmation by email. 

There is no charge. Please consider membership. To become a member: $50 annually with checks mailed to ULLI PO Box 621, Pleasant Hill 38578.). As always donations are appreciated.

A Video Series Co-sponsored with HCCA

 

Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute is pleased to co-sponsor a video series:

“Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People”

A Documentary Series

Presenter: Heritage Community Cultural Art (HCCA)

Dates &Time: Saturdays, February 15, 22, March 1, 8

Location: The Art Space, Heritage Hall, in Uplands VIllage

Heritage Community Cultural Art (HCCA) and Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute

(ULLI) are co-sponsoring a showing of the acclaimed 4-part PBS documentary series

titled “Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People.” This program is free and is

being held in the new Art Space room in Heritage.

The series will run on four consecutive Saturdays, beginning on Feb. 15. For each of the

four parts, there will be two showings, from 1:30 – 2:30 pm and again from 3 – 4 pm:

Feb. 15 – Time and Terrain

Feb. 22 – New Green World

March 1 – A Mountain Revolution

March 8 – Power and Place

Narrated by Sissy Spacek, the program was created and masterfully filmed by TN native

Ross Spears. This documentary has been acclaimed as “the first environmental history

series ever made.” It’s an informative and affirmative work that ties our brief time here

with the timeless evolution of this area and its people.

Registration is not required. Please note two showings on each date.

There is no charge. Please consider membership. To become a member: $50 annually with checks mailed to ULLI PO Box 621, Pleasant Hill 38578.). As always donations are appreciated.

Whittling on the Land: The Next Short Course from ULLI

 

Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute is pleased to present our next short course:

Whittling on the Land:

Historical Perspectives on Local and Regional Folk Art

Presenter: Jan Laude

Dates &Time: Monday’s 1:00-2:15 March  3, 10, 24 and 1:00-3:00 March 17 

Location: Pleasant Hill Community House 

Note: Class size limited to 15. Registration is first come, first served.

Content: Week 1 explores these questions: What is Folklore? and What is Folk Art? Week 2 examines local folk art wooden doll traditions with examples from the Pioneer Museum and corresponding regional traditions from the novel The Dollmaker by Harriette Simpson Arnow (1954). In week 3 the movie “The Dollmaker” will be shown. The final week will be a discussion of insights gained about the Folk Art wooden doll traditions in the local and regional area. Note: Reading The Dollmaker, is not required, however, it would add to your understanding and enjoyment of the course. This classic Appalachian work of literature is approximately 600 pages long.

Presenter: Jan Laude’s academic background in Folklore includes an MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University and a PHD from Indiana University with a double major in Folklore and American Studies and a minor in Women’s Studies. Jan also has a Bachelor of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University.  While working as a folklorist, Jan explored numerous avenues of American women’s Folklore via teaching, research and writing. Jan is looking forward to sharing her knowledge of, passion for and delight in Folklore with all class members.

To Register:  Send your request to register with your check payable to ULLI and your email address to ULLI Registrar PO Box 621 Pleasant Hill TN 38578. You may also email ullipleasanthill@gmail.com requesting registration. You will receive confirmation by email.  

Course charge: $10 for ULLI members; $20 for non-members.  Become a member: $50 annually with checks mailed to ULLI PO Box 621, Pleasant Hill 38578.). As always donations are appreciated.

Next from ULLI: "A Day Without a Mexican"

 

“A Day Without a Mexican”

A Video Presentation

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 3:00 pm

Adshead Hall in Fletcher Assisted Living

Using humor as the vehicle for a serious message, the movie drives home the many ways immigrants make daily life affordable, pleasing, or even possible. When the world loses people of Latino origins, in a “Rapture-like” occurrence, the many ways that everyone’s lives are intertwined are made pretty clear.

Although initially released in 2000, the movie couldn’t be more topical and relevant. Following the movie, discussion and suggestions for appealing to members of the TN State Legislature and the US Congress will be available

Become a member of Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute: Your membership is vital to supporting and continuing these varied and interesting programs. $50 annually with checks mailed to ULLI P O Box 621, Pleasant Hill 38578.  As always donations to ULLI are greatly appreciated. 

Consider Volunteering with ULLI. Our events require some help with set up and take down. If you would be willing to volunteer, contact ULLI at ullipleasanthill@gmail.com.